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WALTER KIRT CLARKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1944 – April 29, 1968
Service recordWalter Kirt Clarke, of El Cajon, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 46
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1944
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 46
- WILLIAM FLOYD BRONSON JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- DIXIE CARL BERGERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- BEN STANLEY BITELSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- GERALD RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALFRED HERINGPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 1
- GEORGE LEE MAUGHAN SRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 1
- ANDREW JOHN JOBEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 2
- JAY LESLIE LIEBERMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- ELMER MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 4
- HURIEL LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
- CLIFFORD EARL TYSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVANPetty Officer Third Class · February 25, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.